In all walks of life, we have those moments when we have to make decisions - while plotting our courses, taking care of business, sometimes taking chances, assuming risks, making investments, and more, most of those times with a hope (but without a clue) how those things will turn out for us. ...

Well, they looked just like tomato plants - and I knew I put some tomato seeds in my garden.The plants surprised me by being so happy to grow here, leaping up by the proverbial leaps and bounds. I anticipated a great harvest. An abundance of tomatoes and apples too - what a year indeed!Only ...

If you did not plant peppers this year I am sorry, but it is too late. Peppers require a very specific climate and grow best when it is warm. The farmer's markets will soon be full of juicy ripe specimens.Last year I watched for peppers. I have several recipes that take peppers and I wanted to ...

For a long time, I've had three dogs - a big red mutt named Rosie, a fancy little toy poodle named Pip and a handsome Shih Tzu named Toby. Toby came to me from a rescue group in Florida. He had had a rough start in life. For some reason, the 94-year-old woman who bought him from a puppy mill ...

Welcome to another edition of Let's Talk Photography! Today, I'd like to take a moment to cover software that I either know about or personally use. Let me begin with a disclaimer ... I am only offering my opinion on these software packages. I've used several and I know about many but that ...

I may offend some people with what I'm about to say ... luckily, I know I probably won't be receiving any nasty emails from them.I've noticed many people still do not use email. I've fielded a few more phone calls from that demographic than I normally would have since taking over this duty, and ...